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Contents:

• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• MEET DR. JSE EHRENFELD: A JEWISH VETERAN, AND THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF THE AMA
• RKEVICS SWORN AS LATVIAN PRINT, FIRST GAY EU HEAD OF STATE
• NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE
• OPENLY GAY, AND OPENLY WELED CONGRS
• AMERI'S ONLY BACHELOR PRINT MAY HAVE BEEN ITS ONLY GAY ONE
• LATVIA'S RKēVIčS ELECTED PRINT, FIRST OPENLY GAY LEAR THE BALTICS

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn. ”Rkēvičs “proudly” announced he is gay on Twter November 2014, though the untry, a former Soviet republic, is not pecially LGBTQ-clive. ” He said he knew there would be “mega hysteria, ” but he end wh the hashtag “#Proudtobegay.

She is thought to be the first openly gay prime mister the was an active unnist her nearly 10 years workg as a flight attendant, acrdg to the Council of Women World Lears, a work of female heads of state. After the accatn, he said, he was chased down the street by reporters, one of whom yelled, “Yet they say you’re a homosexual! ”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported.

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

“To be natnally blamed, to be nsired as not normal, to be nsired as a danger for young people — ’s not realizg that beg gay is not a choice, ” Bettel said, acrdg to Rters. Gay, lbian and bisexual people n serve the ary, but transgenr people nnot. “Hopefully this will blow over three or four days, and then I won’t be known as the gay mister, ” she told The Associated Prs at the Varadkar Prime Mister of Ireland (2017-20, 2022-prent)Irish Prime Mister Leo Varadkar Bssels on June 30.

Ludovic Mar / AFP - Getty Imag fileVaradkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach, or prime mister, 2017 and served until 2020.

“First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non. "Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon.

MEET DR. JSE EHRENFELD: A JEWISH VETERAN, AND THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT OF THE AMA

PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.

There are brief appearanc by Earrg Magic Ken and Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, both of which Mattel has always nied were tentnally gay-d. ”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg, ” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove. Q: Did you ever experience antisemism, homophobia, or mockery of beg a Republin?

RKEVICS SWORN AS LATVIAN PRINT, FIRST GAY EU HEAD OF STATE

Johnson’s mpaign announcement vio, released last month, highlighted the 57-year-old’s experience as an attorney, an openly gay Texan and a state lawmaker who unseated former Republin state Rep. Durg her first year office 2019, Johnson joed four other openly gay women the Texas Hoe to form the state’s first LGBTQ uc, now one of the natn’s largt. There are jt 12 out LGBTQ people are servg the current Congrs — 10 the Hoe and two the Senate — spe more than 7 percent of the natn’s adult populatn intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or “somethg other than heterosexual, ” acrdg to a Febary Gallup poll.

NEW LATVIAN PRINT BE FIRST OPENLY GAY EU HEAD OF STATE

Natnwi, the number of openly gay women elected to public office has stalled, up only 0. Edgars Rkevics, Latvia's longt-servg foreign mister, today beme the first openly gay head of state the European Unn.

Edgars Rkevics was sworn as Latvia's print on Saturday, beg the European Unn's first openly gay head of state. July 8 (UPI) -- Edgars Rkevics was sworn as Latvia's print on Saturday, beg the first openly gay head of state the European Unn. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTOpenly Gay, and Openly Weled CongrsCred...

25, 2013WASHINGTON — When Mark Takano ran unsuccsfully for Congrs twice the early 1990s, his opponents tried to smear him as a “homosexual liberal” and a “nutzoid. ”For s, the words “gay” and “Congrs” were ually seen together only stori of sndal and shame: an arrt after an illic proposn an airport bathroom, accatns of trawlg for sex on a phone service.

OPENLY GAY, AND OPENLY WELED CONGRS

Studds me out 30 years ago, the first ngrsman to do so, was only after an affair wh a 17-year-old Congrsnal page was the 113th Congrs there are six openly gay or bisexual members the Hoe — a small but tangible sign that their prence at the hight levels of ernment is no longer somethg only whispered about. Their adopted children are attendg Congrsnal this week they sat Print Obama’s prence as he sisted on equaly for “our gay brothers and sisters, ” words few of them ever expected to hear a print’s Ingural Addrs. But as their numbers Congrs gradually crease, there is a sense among the newers that they are forcg some of their lleagu to rethk gay rights and homosexualy.

The prence of openly gay men and women and their fai was a factor that many believe was cisive turng the ti for stat where same-sex marriage was legalized by legislatur. Yet even wh the opportuni gay men, lbians and bisexuals say their membership Congrs prents, their receptn has not been a pletely warm one. But some ways the most tellg sign of the gay lawmakers’ advancement Congrs is the fact that their prence is now a ltle more route.

“It’s beg — ever so slowly — more than a novelty to be a gay member of Congrs, ” said Reprentative David Cicille of Rho Island. Baldw, a member of the Hoe before she was elected to the Senate, and Barney Frank of Massachetts, who retired but was the first member of Congrs to speak openly about his homosexualy.

AMERI'S ONLY BACHELOR PRINT MAY HAVE BEEN ITS ONLY GAY ONE

And ’s always gog to be assumed that there are gays and lbians the room, ” add Mr.

LATVIA'S RKēVIčS ELECTED PRINT, FIRST OPENLY GAY LEAR THE BALTICS

Polis, who has a young son wh his partner and is the most senr gay member of the Hoe. Together the six of them will lead a uc that will champn gay rights and other equal protectn issu.

In the last Congrs, there were four openly gay or lbian Hoe members and none the retirement of Mr.

Frank, long the domant voice on gay rights Congrs, also opens the door to some of the newer, her fac to take more visible and fluential rol. “Seven isn’t great, ” nced Denis Dison, a senr strategist wh the Victory Fund, which works to elect openly gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenred people to public office. It add up to nearly 12, 000, he said, and he n still unt on both hands the number of those who were openly gay.